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Brent Walth (left); Hector Tobar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 1, 2015\u2014\u201c<\/strong>Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists with strong connections to the university and the state are joining the faculty of the UO School of Journalism and Communication.<\/p>\n

\u201cBrent Walth, managing editor for news for Willamette Week<\/em>, has accepted a full-time assistant professor of journalism position. Walth shared the Pulitzer Prize for public service reporting for stories The Oregonian<\/em> wrote in 2001 about what was then the Immigration and Naturalization Service.\u201d …<\/p>\n

\u201cHector Tobar has been teaching journalism classes in the SOJC for the past year as a visiting assistant professor and recently accepted a permanent position. His latest work, Deep Down Dark, The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle That Set Them Free, <\/em>is a New York Times<\/em> bestseller and is a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. \u201cDeep Down Dark\u201d also was listed in the New York Times<\/em> 100 Notable Books of 2014.\u201d<\/p>\n

For the full story, go to: Two Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists join SOJC faculty | Around the O<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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